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Asertis

Litigation Funding: Insolvency

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Asertis specialises in funding commercial disputes and insolvency litigation, as well as taking on assignments of particular insolvencies and other matters.

Asertis’s investment committee comprises CEO Ian Madej, CIO Harshiv Thakerar and General Counsel Philip Holden.

Commercial Disputes Funding

The Asertis team has considerable industry experience, combining extensive financial skill with substantial litigation expertise. The net result enables the team to provide quick decisions across a broad spectrum of litigation and disputes funding.

Asertis will consider any type of case arising from any dispute, including commercial litigation, international arbitration, or group actions in multiple jurisdictions.

Asertis will also consider funding disputes in major international arbitration centres, as well as disputes in relation judgment enforcement proceedings.

Insolvency Litigation Funding

Asertis’s specialist insolvency litigation funding team operates through a process that will help clients to realise value. Asertis bears the financial cost and assumes the risk, enabling clients to focus entirely on the legal process.

The team is able to consider a range of insolvency claims, both in the UK and internationally.

In addition to funding insolvency litigation, Asertis also deals with insolvent estates, working with insolvency practitioners and their lawyers, and financing their work to maximise recoveries and mitigate risk.

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Litigation Funding: Insolvency - UK-wide

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Asertis works across a number of core areas of funding activity. The firm is already established in the insolvency sector and also backs commercial litigation and class actions where appropriate.
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Strengths

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  • Asertis has great investigative tools combined with extensive knowledge of claims in the insolvency sector. It has significant resources to handle big claims.

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  • Asertis is a responsible and innovative funder, making swift, pragmatic decisions. It's a real force in the litigation funding market.

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  • Asertis has a good understanding of insolvency litigation, enabling a collaborative relationship and a collaborative approach to case strategy. It is able to assess risk with a level of pragmatism which reflects real litigation experience.

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  • Asertis has a clear understanding of the sector and market in which we work. Its experience and knowledge has proven to be invaluable.

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  • The Asertis team is sensible, approachable and a pleasure to work with.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Roger Dugan
    Roger Dugan

    Roger Dugan

    Roger Dugan specialises in commercial and civil litigation and has extensive expertise in corporate and personal insolvency recovery matters.

    • Roger brings to the market an exceptional depth of experience and knowledge. He offers the complete package, and I am fully confident in allowing him and his colleagues at Asertis to take the reins on assignments knowing that the best outcome can be achieved from the estate and its creditors.

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    • Roger is great to work with and very knowledgeable. His opinion is strongly respected and he is open to commercial discussions.

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    • Roger not only has all the necessary knowledge and experience but matches this with his charm and personality, which means we have the confidence to introduce him into any environment or to any client.

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    • Roger has been in practice for many years and understands insolvency claims and the evidence needed to bring a successful action.

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  • Chris Jones
    Chris Jones

    Chris Jones

    Chris Jones leads the assessment and origination of insolvency-related funding opportunities.

    • Chris has a great personality and a wealth of experience.

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    • Chris is very intelligent and experienced. He has the resources available to take a wider view and look at the long game. He's good at what he does and gives good advice.

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  • Duncan Hedar
    Duncan Hedar

    Duncan Hedar

    Duncan Hedar is the CEO of Asertis. He leads on the underwriting and funding of large group action and competition claims.

    • Duncan is fast, pragmatic and outcome-driven.

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    • Duncan brings authority and a sense of calm in transactions. He is good at extinguishing the pressure and keeping things straight when getting deals done.

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    • Duncan is commercial and flexible. He's highly appreciated.

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    • Duncan has a very good understanding of funding and he is both commercial and pragmatic.

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  • Tim Mayer
    Tim Mayer

    Tim Mayer

    Timothy Mayer is head of origination at Asertis. Mayer is a deeply experienced operator in the litigation funding market.

    • Tim is a trusted pair of hands. He's more commercial than others in assessing claims and a genuinely lovely guy.

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    • Tim is very commercial and approachable.

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    • Timothy Mayer is really commercial and really good.

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  • Felix Aspin
    Felix Aspin

    Felix Aspin

    Felix Aspin is an investment manager at Asertis. He advises on the funding of securities litigation and large group action claims.

    • Felix conveys a sense of authority and is as reasonable as someone more senior, which is really, really helpful to maintain relationships between us and the funder. He is very good at handling matters in a calm, measured way.

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    • Felix is commercially astute and always willing to go the extra mile. He's a rising star in litigation funding.

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    • Felix is very professional and responsive and takes a commercial approach.

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    • Felix is a pleasure to work with. He's easy to communicate with and adopts a commercial approach overall. He's very capable and has a strong sense of commerciality and knows the litigation funding market very well.

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